{"id":32,"date":"2008-05-29T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2024-07-31T06:27:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T10:27:54","slug":"jim-thorpe-born-may-28-1887","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/jim-thorpe-born-may-28-1887.html","title":{"rendered":"Jim Thorpe – Born May 28, 1888"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We all heard the stories of Jim Thorpe<\/a> – the world’s greatest athlete – while we were growing up. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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The newspapers<\/a> & movies regularly carried stories about him and he was even featured on a box of <\/strong>Wheaties<\/strong><\/span>. (photo – <\/span><\/strong>NC Museum of History<\/strong><\/span><\/span>)<\/span>. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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He loved to compete. He enjoyed the battle itself and the drive to win. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Today is his day – he was born on May 28, 1888.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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\"Dallas<\/a>I found a great quote in the Dallas Morning News 1 Jan 1953<\/em><\/a> – that captured his love of the game. It was given in an interview just two months before he died at age 64. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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\"Dallas<\/a>The newspapers are packed with articles about him. He was a hero to young and old alike. The town of Mauch Chunk, PA even changed its name to Jim Thorpe, PA<\/a> (see Dallas Morning News 23 July 1954<\/em><\/a>) … <\/span>and I am still eating Wheaties. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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GenealogyBank<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has more than 230 million records of more than One Billion people – some of them were well known heroes and some were our often less well known ancestors. But their stories are there to be read – recorded in more than 3,400 historical newspapers<\/a> – from the 1600s to today. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Give it a try right now<\/a>. What will you find on your family?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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